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Haverfordians are lifelong learners. The College's intellectually stimulating travel excursions for alumni are a popular way to explore the world alongside local guides, guest lecturers, and Haverford faculty experts. 

Psychology major Claire Burdick '19 is spending three months in Madagascar, where she’ll study lemurs and aid reforestation efforts.

No matter the field, Haverford grads are always in high demand. The skills, knowledge, and critical thinking developed via Haverford’s liberal arts curriculum have applications in many different fields and careers around the world.

Beyond Haverford

Latin major and psychology minor Maggie Sawyer '19 is pursuing a career in education as a way to combat the social and structural inequalities that plague classrooms across the country.

Chemistry major, creative writing minor, and biochemistry concentrator Tomas Aramburu '19 took on pancreatic cancer treatment for his thesis. Next year he will be working at the Wistar Institute, applying computational and biochemistry approaches to a different drug-discovery project.

More than 1,100 people flocked to campus for Alumni Weekend 2019, which celebrated classes ending in 4s and 9s as well as a host of Alumni Award winners.

Chemistry major, biochemistry concentrator, and French and Francophone studies minor Gabriel Braun ’19 built his thesis on the work of nearly a generation of Haverford chemistry students. He had been working in Professor of Chemistry Karin Åkerfeldt’s lab since the summer after his sophomore year, and his thesis work was a continuation of past theses, including investigations conducted by at least five previous lab members.

Deputy Director and Chief Curator of Brown University's Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology Kevin P. Smith '81 and his colleagues analyze compounds from animal bones to reveal climate conditions in the distant past.

Read "Collecting Ancient Climate Data" from the Winter 2019 issue of Haverford Magazine.

Psychology major and economics and neuroscience minor Natalie Pisch ‘19 will be moving to Lake Buena Vista, Florida, to participate in the Disney College Program for six months.

For chemistry major and German minor Emma Bullock '19, the thesis process was all about improvisation and re-evaluation. Bullock's thesis began as an attempt to apply the techniques that her advisor uses to study oil to honeybee health, but it quickly became a lesson on flexibility in the lab.